1. Metal-mediated synthesis of non-aromatic oxacycles from allenols Pedro Almendros and Benito Alcaide 2. Intramolecular diamination of alkenes Kilian Muniz 3. Synthesis of heterocycles by palladium-catalyzed carbonylative reactions Bartolo Gabriele 4. Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds based on transition-metal-catalyzed carbene coupling reactions Jianbo Wang 5. Synthesis of heterocycles with iron salts as sustainable metal catalysts Juan I. Padrón 6. Allene aziridinations as a tool for the synthesis of complex amines Jennifer M. Schomaker 7. Zinc-mediated synthesis of heterocycles Ruben Vicente 8. Controlling selectivities in palladium-catalyzed cyclization reactions leading to heterocycles: From ambiphilic reactions of arylpalladium species to carbene Israel Fernández and Daniel Solé
Dr. Daniel Sole is a Professor in the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Barcelona, Spain. He is an expert in in the development of transition metal---catalyzed transformations towards the synthesis of new species (especially heterocyclic compounds), as well as in the study of the reaction mechanisms and bonding situation of key intermediates involved in these transformations. He has published several papers on palladium-catalyzed C-H activation, a-arylation, and palladium-catalyzed nucleophilic addition reactions
Dr. Israel Fernandez (Madrid, 1977) studied Chemistry at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). After obtaining his PhD degree (with honors) under the supervision of Prof. M. A. Sierra, he joined the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry group of Prof. G. Frenking at the Philipps-Universität Marburg as a postdoctoral researcher. He received several awards including the Julián Sanz del Río award and the Barluenga's medal. At present, he is Profesor Titular at the UCM. His current research is focused on both the bonding situation of organic and organometallic compounds and their reactivity.